Selling for $115,000 was a 1785 African Head Connecticut copper.It graded NGC VF-30. This piece came from W. Philip Keller Collection.

Next up was an 1882 Liberty Head gold $20. It realized $80,500. The Professional Coin Grading Service called it AU-53.

“The 1882 is the absolute lowest-mintage of them all, at 571 coins. Any representative of this issue, in any grade, is an extraordinary rarity,” Rohan said in comparing the coin to other scarce pieces in the Liberty Head $20 series.

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